Cases the state has lost

How the Lithuanian state has fared in the cases it was the respondent in: before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, and in international investment arbitration. The cases it won are shown alongside the ones it lost.

The data comes from the official court (HUDOC) and UNCTAD registers. The dispute descriptions are our own short summaries, not official documents, and no judgment text is reproduced here. This is not legal advice.

The ECHR in Strasbourg

Counting the judgments of the Chambers and the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in cases against Lithuania. A case counts as lost when the Court found at least one breach of the Convention.

Judgments in total
226
2000–2026
A violation was found
144
of 226 judgments
No violation was found
82
of 226 judgments

Sums awarded and paid out

Awarded to applicants by ECHR judgments since 1995
3,014,906.22 €
about EUR 1.04 per resident over 30 years (2026 population; our calculation)
Year Awarded, EUR Paid out, EUR Recipients
2025 35,078 25,078 5
2024 157,105 183,873.94 6
2023 96,764 84,996 6
2022 219,000 – –
2021 51,032 – –
2020 364,419 – –
2019 193,578 – –
2018 507,952 404,624 38
2017 151,322 – –
2016 226,416 – –
2015 226,708 – –

Awarded — the just satisfaction set by the ECHR (pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage together with costs and expenses); paid out — the sums the Ministry of Justice reports as paid under judgments that became final in that year, and from 2025 friendly settlements are counted in as well. The two series are not added together.

The sums of money are relatively small; what these cases signify is the violations of rights that were found.

Source: the annual activity reports of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania (the Government Agent at the ECHR). Each year links to the report its figures were read from.

Convention articles violated

Article Cases
6 Right to a fair trial 56
8 Right to respect for private and family life 26
P1-1 Protection of property 26
3 Prohibition of torture 22
5 Right to liberty and security 17
13 Right to an effective remedy 8
14 Prohibition of discrimination 7
2 Right to life 6
10 Freedom of expression 6
9 Freedom of thought, conscience and religion 2
7 No punishment without law 1
11 Freedom of assembly and association 1
P1-3 Right to free elections 1
P4-2 Freedom of movement 1
P7-4 Right not to be tried or punished twice (non bis in idem) 1

A case is counted once for each article the Court found violated in it, so these numbers add up to more than the number of cases. The article names are our own short labels, not the Convention's official headings. Select an article in the table to narrow the list to those cases.

Cases in which a violation was found

Of the 226 judgments, the Court found at least one violation in 144 cases. Newest first.

Filter by article
Year Case Articles
2026 CASE OF MANKUS v. LITHUANIA 8
2026 CASE OF AL NASHIRI v. LITHUANIA 2 3 6 8
2025 CASE OF MISIŪNAS v. LITHUANIA 6
2025 CASE OF SKUČAI v. LITHUANIA P1-1
2024 CASE OF SACHARUK v. LITHUANIA 6
2024 CASE OF E.L. v. LITHUANIA 3
2024 CASE OF M.G. v. LITHUANIA 3
2024 CASE OF AL-HAWSAWI v. LITHUANIA 2 3 5 6 8 13
2023 CASE OF NARBUTAS v. LITHUANIA 5 8 10 P1-1
2023 CASE OF EIGIRDAS AND VĮ "DEMOKRATIJOS PLĖTROS FONDAS" v. LITHUANIA 10
2023 CASE OF UAB KESKO SENUKAI LITHUANIA v. LITHUANIA 8
2023 CASE OF DELTUVA v. LITHUANIA 8
2023 CASE OF MACATĖ v. LITHUANIA 10
2022 CASE OF MARCINKEVIČIUS v. LITHUANIA 10
2022 CASE OF L.B. v. LITHUANIA P4-2
2022 CASE OF TELIATNIKOV v. LITHUANIA 9
2022 CASE OF T.K. AND OTHERS v. LITHUANIA 3
2021 CASE OF GRAŽULEVIČIŪTĖ v. LITHUANIA 6
2021 CASE OF TARVYDAS v. LITHUANIA 6
2021 CASE OF ANCIENT BALTIC RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATION “ROMUVA” v. LITHUANIA 13 14
2020 CASE OF ANŽELIKA ŠIMAITIENĖ v. LITHUANIA P1-1
2020 CASE OF ČERNIUS AND RINKEVIČIUS v. LITHUANIA 6
2020 CASE OF RINAU v. LITHUANIA 8
2020 CASE OF BEIZARAS AND LEVICKAS v. LITHUANIA 13 14
2019 CASE OF ŠIRVINSKAS v. LITHUANIA 8
2019 CASE OF VELEČKA AND OTHERS v. LITHUANIA 5
2018 CASE OF KRYŽEVIČIUS v. LITHUANIA 8
2018 CASE OF M.A. AND OTHERS v. LITHUANIA 3 13
2018 CASE OF KOŽEMIAKINA v. LITHUANIA 6
2018 CASE OF ŠČENSNOVIČIUS v. LITHUANIA 3
2018 CASE OF D.R. v. LITHUANIA 5
2018 CASE OF T.K. v. LITHUANIA 3 6
2018 CASE OF BEINAROVIČ AND OTHERS v. LITHUANIA P1-1
2018 CASE OF ABU ZUBAYDAH v. LITHUANIA 3 5 8 13
2018 CASE OF MOCKUTĖ v. LITHUANIA 8 9
2018 CASE OF SEKMADIENIS LTD. v. LITHUANIA 10
2018 CASE OF TUMELIAI v. LITHUANIA P1-1
2017 CASE OF ČINGA v. LITHUANIA P1-1
2017 CASE OF GRIGOLOVIČ v. LITHUANIA P1-1
2017 CASE OF ŠIDLAUSKAS v. LITHUANIA P1-1

Source: the European Court of Human Rights database HUDOC, © ECHR-CEDH. Case names are given exactly as the Court publishes them.

International arbitration

The investor-State disputes in which Lithuania was the respondent, as recorded by UNCTAD: 9 in total, 2 of them still being heard.

Year Case Subject of the dispute Outcome Amount claimed
2024 Hasenberg v. Lithuania (PCA (ad hoc)) No summary in the register Pending –
2023 Belaruskali v. Lithuania (UNCITRAL / PCA) Investment in the transport, storage and transshipment of chemical products. Pending 12,090.20 mln USD
2019 Russian Fund v. Lithuania (UNCITRAL / PCA) Claims arising out of the 2011 nationalisation of Bankas Snoras and its ensuing liquidation. Decided in favour of State 300 mln USD
2018 Roščins v. Lithuania (ICSID) No summary in the register Discontinued –
2016 Veolia and others v. Lithuania (ICSID) Claims arising out of changes in laws and regulations concerning the heating and power generation subsidiaries Vilniaus energija and Litesko. Settled 119 mln EUR
2012 Gazprom v. Lithuania (UNCITRAL / PCA) Claims arising out of the sale of Gazprom's stake in Lietuvos dujos in the course of the EU-mandated gas market reform. Discontinued –
2010 Bosca v. Lithuania (UNCITRAL / PCA) Claims arising out of the annulment of the claimant's successful bid for AB Alita. Decided in favour of neither party (liability found but no damages awarded) 207 mln EUR
2007 Kaliningrad v. Lithuania (ICC) Claims arising out of the seizure of a building in Lithuania owned by the Kaliningrad region, ordered by Lithuanian courts enforcing an LCIA arbitral award. Decided in favour of State –
2005 Parkerings v. Lithuania (ICSID) Claims arising out of the alleged repudiation by Vilnius municipality of an agreement on a public parking system. Decided in favour of State 176.40 mln NOK
In the cases where Lithuania was the respondent, no tribunal awarded an investor damages against the state. The largest arbitration Lithuania lost, however, was one it brought itself: on 22 June 2016 a Stockholm Chamber of Commerce tribunal rejected Lithuania's claim of roughly EUR 1.4 billion against Gazprom over the price of gas supplied between 2004 and 2012, and in 2019 the Svea Court of Appeal upheld that award. It was a commercial dispute under the Lietuvos dujos shareholders' agreement rather than an investment arbitration, which is why it is not a row in the table.

Source: the UNCTAD Investment Dispute Settlement Navigator. Each case name and outcome is given as the register publishes it.